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• The Witcher 4 won’t be at Gamescom but Witcher 3’s new DLC will be

  21-07-2026 17:25 via metro.co.uk
  
  Aside from a returning Geralt, barely anything is known about the new DLC (CD Projekt)A proper trailer for The Witcher 3’s final DLC expansion will be shown at Gamescom, but don’t expect any updates for The Witcher 4.After being rumoured for months, CD Projekt finally admitted that it’s making another DLC expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, 10 years after the last one.As is typical of major reveals nowadays, little else was shared outside of a name – Songs Of The Pas
  
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• Jailed politician to best-selling author Jeffrey Archer has died aged 86

  05-10-2026 22:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jeffrey Archer has died suddenly at his home at the age of 86.The ex-Tory politician who was jailed for perjury continued to write best-sellers behind bars.While serving his sentence, he documented his experiences in prison turning it into his highly successful three-volume non-fiction series, A Prison Diary (published as Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven).He was released in 2003 and returned to the House of Lords until he retired in 2024.In a statement, his publisher’s HarperCollins said the a
  
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• Baby girl, 1, turns pale and tragically dies in Cornwall after 'mermaid birth'

  05-10-2026 22:43 via mirror.co.uk
  
  One-year-old Trixie Morvoren, who had a rare 'mermaid birth' and suffered from a heart condition, was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital after becoming unwell but tragically died
  
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• Trump offers Putin lifeline as Russia scrambles to contain deadly airborne plague after lab worker's death

  05-10-2026 22:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Putin's regime is seeking to downplay the plague as widespread suspicion of a state cover-up is rapidly spreading.
  
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• Classic car fan, 70, was enjoying sunny day in his vintage cerulean Porsche 911... until he was struck and killed by illegal migrant who blew a red light, cops say

  05-10-2026 22:37 via dailymail.com
  
  Christopher Szalkowski, 70, died on Sunday afternoon in Nebraska after his Porsche 911 was struck by a pickup truck driven by 32-year-old Jose Ortega-Romero.
  
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• Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86: Bestselling author and politician passes away suddenly and peacefully at home

  05-10-2026 22:33 via dailymail.com
  
  The best-selling novelist passed away 'between writing sessions' just a day before the scheduled release of his new book Adam And Eve, the publisher added.
  
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• Girl, 14, rescued from clutches of father who allegedly impregnated her, with infant later found dead by side of road

  05-10-2026 22:26 via dailymail.com
  
  The teenager was found with her 38-year-old father, Sergio Galvez Perez, during a joint operation involving the FBI and Mexican authorities, Monterey County officials said Sunday.
  
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• Scout volunteer sexually abused five children and made them ‘pinky promise not to tell’

  05-10-2026 22:20 via metro.co.uk
  
  Mark Ellett has been jailed for more than 20 years for sexually assaulting and abusing five children as a scout volunteer (Picture: Avon and Somerset Police)A Scout volunteer has been jailed for more than 20 years after using his position to sexually groom five children.Mark Ellett took his young victims to secluded areas and told them to ‘pinky promise’ they wouldn’t report his assaults.Ellett, 32, won the trust of parents, before using it to abuse their children, including a
  
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• Jane Doe’s phone call with frat brother who invited her to ‘gang rape’ party reveals lie

  05-10-2026 22:18 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageA student allegedly drugged and raped at Cornell University was in contact with some of the fraternity brothers after she had reported them for assaulting her.The victim, referred to in court documents as Jane Doe, kept in touch with Matthew Ingalls, telling her alleged attacker her reputation was ‘destroyed’ and she was ‘utterly ashamed&rs
  
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• El Nino forecast update as weather experts urge 'act now' with disease warning

  05-10-2026 22:13 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The world is facing a record-breaking El Nino this year, and weather experts say governments need to prepare now as 'death and severe illness' are on the cards
  
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• Female cop under investigation after posting video of herself in her uniform pretending to shoot a gun to 'white girl wasted' audio

  05-10-2026 22:12 via dailymail.com
  
  The Grand Forks Police Department opened a review after its officer, identified as Savannah Nagle, posted the video of herself online and it went viral.
  
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• What we know about the 'Cornell 7' gang-rape case that has shocked America

  05-10-2026 22:08 via dailymail.com
  
  A lawsuit against seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity at Cornell University alleging they gang raped a girl for seven hours in October 2024 has thrust the Ivy league college into the spotlight.
  
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• Malibu kayaker bitten twice by shark after reeling in and then attempting to release it

  05-10-2026 22:04 via dailymail.com
  
  A California kayaker who was fishing about two miles off the Malibu pier has been hospitalized after suffering at least two wounds in a shark attack.
  
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• Astonished EastEnders fans blast incest claims as Nancy and Lee twist rocks a nation

  05-10-2026 22:04 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageEastEnders fans were left with their jaws on the floor after Nancy Carter (Maddy Hill) revealed that the father of the baby she’s carrying is none other than brother Lee (Danny Hatchard).
  Linda (Kellie Bright), who has longed to become a grandmother, was bowled over to find out that Nancy – who returned to the Square in secret – was pregnan
  
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• Donald Trump says 'a specific threat' saw US withdraw its bombers from RAF Fairford after 'foiled terror plot'

  05-10-2026 22:01 via dailymail.com
  
  The Pentagon confirmed on Sunday that aircraft which were being stationed at the Gloucestershire base had been 'redeployed to their home stations in the US'.
  
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• Minor mental health issues are 'no excuse not to get a job', says Helen Whately

  05-10-2026 21:53 via dailymail.com
  
  The shadow work and pensions secretary said that minor mental health conditions should not be an excuse for young people not to work as claiming benefits is not a 'lifestyle choice'.
  
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• Donald Trump reveals US bombers removed from RAF Fairford after 'threats'

  05-10-2026 21:47 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has issued an update following the withdrawal of US bombers from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire
  
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• Green Party is reported to the police over its 'Zionism is racism' motion - but Polanski ignores row to focus on bid to become MP

  05-10-2026 21:35 via dailymail.com
  
  A group of Labour MPs have asked Sussex Police to examine events at the Greens' gathering in Brighton over the weekend.
  
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• GP found 'murdered' near Sandringham while 'hosting sleepover for children'

  05-10-2026 21:25 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Hannah Cain was found dead at her house in Dersingham, Norfolk, on the edge of the Sandringham estate, with a man in his 40s arrested on suspicion of murder
  
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• BBC appoints former Panorama editor as director of news and current affairs amid fallout from Trump speech editing scandal

  05-10-2026 21:25 via dailymail.com
  
  Rachel Jupp, director of BBC News documentaries and longform journalism, will take on the £400,000-a-year role nearly 12 months after the previous chief executive resigned.
  
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• Schoolboy's hand blown off in France protests after 'picking up string-ball grenade'

  05-10-2026 21:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The teenage boy was rushed to hospital amid conflicting reports he picked up a sting-ball grenade that exploded in his hand during the protests against the conditions of school buildings
  
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• 5,000 prisoners released early from jail in England and Wales - exactly how Tory failure got us here

  05-10-2026 21:16 via mirror.co.uk
  
  MoJ estimates show that while the last Conservative government did build thousands of new prison places between 2010 and 2024, almost as many were closed - sparking the chaos we're seeing across the country
  
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• Mother died holding photo of her four murdered children after their house was torched in arson attack, inquest told

  05-10-2026 21:12 via dailymail.com
  
  Michelle Pearson died aged 37 in August 2019, more than a year-and-a-half after her children, Demi Pearson, 15, Brandon, eight, Lacie, seven, and Lia, three, passed away.
  
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• Cornell activists smash windows and vandalize building with red paint in wake of gang rape allegations

  05-10-2026 21:02 via dailymail.com
  
  Holes were knocked into one of the administration hall's glass doors, and the walls beside them were marked with red-painted messages condemning patriarchy.
  
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• Scotch on the rockets! The water of life to be given an extraterrestrial flavour

  05-10-2026 20:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Its origins remain a mystery with the earliest references in Scotland dating to the late 15th century.
  
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• The elderly Spanish woman who brought a government to its knees

  05-10-2026 20:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Maricarmen Abascal has become the face of the housing protests, pictured just minutes before being evicted in Madrid, Spain.(Picture: Europa Press)Spain is heading to the polls at the end of November after a row over housing led to parliamentary deadlock.One elderly pensioner evicted from the home she had lived in for 70 years after the new landlord raised the rent by 430 per cent has become the face of the rising angry protests.Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez was left with no option but to call t
  
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• Terrifying illness takes hold as Emmerdale spoilers reveal what happens next

  05-10-2026 20:45 via metro.co.uk
  
  The aftermath revealed (Picture: ITV/Metro)Manpreet Sharma (Rebecca Sarker) shares her concerns about Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) with Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy) in Emmerdale this evening.The local GP started to wonder if something was going on with Gabby when she began ranting about medication and big pharmaceutical companies.
  She then discovered that Gabby had been creating dangerous health content for social media that was being watched by the likes of Clemmie and Dotty.After gaining
  
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• JD Vance says US was just 'trying to protect our guys' by withdrawing bombers from RAF Fairford - as Downing Street insists airbase is safe

  05-10-2026 20:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Marco Rubio said it is 'not unusual' to see the 'movement of assets to different parts of the world', while Downing Street insisted the base is safe amid new security concerns.
  
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• Paul Scholes claims he is ‘half the reason’ Man Utd star left club

  05-10-2026 20:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  Paul Scholes says he was ‘partly responsible’ for Paul Pogba leaving Manchester United (Picture: The Good, The Bad & The Football)Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has suggested he was ‘half the reason’ Paul Pogba departed the club for Juventus back in 2012.Pogba had been earmarked as a potential superstar in the making while earning rave reviews in United’s academy having joined the Red Devils from Le Havre aged just 16.Sir Alex Ferguson would go on to han
  
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• 'Dexter-obsessed' forensics student stabbed woman 78 times to death in copycat 'kill room' in Airbnb, court told

  05-10-2026 20:36 via dailymail.com
  
  Benjamin Day, 20, was arrested in a Dexter-style khaki top after stabbing Maria Saceanu 78 times and beginning to dismember her body, his murder trial was told.
  
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